The Concert At Queens cancelled due to poor ticket sales

<s>The Concert At Queens</s>.. 2016 - Boomtown Rats — Photo credit: Andy Pitt

The Concert At Queens - CANCELLED 2016

Saturday 4th June 2016
Palmerston Park, Terregles Street, Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, DG2 9BA, Scotland MAP
£45

Daily capacity: 8,690

Following on from the inaugural concert which saw Status Quo appear live in 2015, Queen Of The South football club in Dumfries announced another full all-day music event at Palmerston Park on Saturday 4th of June 2016.

Retro-flavoured with a distinct 80's feel, the event was to be headlined by Bob Geldof and the original line-up of Boomtown Rats, plus Rick Astley, ABC, The Stars From The Commitments, The Rezillos, and special guests to be confirmed.

However, the ticket sales have been poor with only 700 sold compared with 5,000 in 2015 and that has prompted organisers to make the decision to pull the plug. According to the BBC, (here), Organisers said sales were "not sufficient to justify the event going ahead on a commercial basis. We have not been helped with the number of alternative outdoor festivals and concerts across Scotland and the north of England. After weighing up additional costs to go ahead with the concert from this point against the costs of cancelling altogether it was unfortunately a decision that had to be taken. Clearly all customers who have already bought and paid for tickets for the event will be refunded in full."

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